Lincolnton lynching scare spurs militia call after prison mob
In Lincolnton North Carolina a mob gathered at the jail demanding the prisoner Calvin Eliott a 28 year old Black man accused of assaulting Mrs Caleb TM The jailer refused to release him the crowd battered a door and smashed inner locks Judge W A Hoke urged a special term of court and Governor Aycock to permit a speedy trial Militia was ordered out as threats of renewed violence grew Captain Anderson and a detachment stood ready at the armory Local authorities sought to prevent further bloodshed amid tense community fear
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Charlotte
M. O
Aptain Anderson
Hornet's Nest
Ms Gatherd
Calvin Eliott
Caleb
Lincolnton
W. A. Hoke
Linton
Aycock
Hoke
Raleigh
Dzens
Jall
O’elock
Anderson
Hutett
Hyatt
Bob
Ellott
Jimie
Cheap Electric Power Promise Repeats For Montgomery Flow
Report notes a renewed promise that cheap power from Tallassee dam will reach Montgomery in days. An unprecedented freshet washed away dam sections but has been rebuilt. Citizens weigh if electricity savings will reach their pockets versus company gains. Australian rail bill moves for a Adelaide to Port Darwin line with tendering from Europe and America. Grants limit land area to 76,000 acres for sale.
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Uctanero
Tallassee
Montgomery
Atralie
Victoria
Adelaide
Port Darwin
Europe
America
Smile
Strike Extends to Blue Creek Field in Alabama
In Birmingham on October 6, 4200 miners at Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad face a strike over a $1 deduction per miner without written consent. The Blue Creek and Blocton fields join the stoppage with the company planning a morning reopening. Few miners are expected to disobey while the company foresees about a hundred to work. Sheriff Burgin was asked for deputies to prevent interference, but the request was withdrawn as no trouble is anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
United Mine Workers
Tennessee Coal ,Iron and Railroad Company
Blocton
Blue Creek
Tennessee Company
Burgin
Davant May Yet Be Named Traffic Manager for Seaboard
October 6 Norfolk dispatch reports transportation circles expect James M. Barr return as Seaboard Air Line top executive followed by naming a traffic manager to replace W. H. Pleasants who resigned to join Ocean Steamship. contender T. S. Davant of Norfolk and Western remains under consideration and the traffic manager post will not be abolished. Seaboard orders seven hundred coal cars of 80,000 pounds capacity and thirty-one locomotives to boost rolling stock.
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Seaboard
W. H. Pleasants
Norfolk
James M. Barr
Seaboard Air Line Railway
W. H. Pleazants
Oeean Steamship Company
T. S. Davant
Efforts Grow for Girls Dormitory at Georgia State College
State College for Negroes, Georgia, reports wide statewide enrollment with sixty counties represented and many inquiries from outside the state. President Wright urges a girls dormitory to strengthen student life and home influence, noting the school’s discipline, busy routine, and growing reputation in teacher preparation and industrial training.
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Girls ’ College
Georgia State Industrial College
Tennessee Line
Georgia
Ong
Wright
Revenue Agent to file back tax suits against railroads
Jackson Miss October 6 Special State Revenue Agent Adams prepares to bring back tax lawsuits against Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Gulf and Ship Island railroads totaling about 200000 for 1898 to 1901. Attorneys Green and Green and Beckett & Son represent him. main suit seeks ad valorem taxes from 1889 to 1891 totaling about 600000.
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Jackson
Miss
State Revenue
Adams
Yazoo
Mississippi Valley
Gulf and Ship Island Road
Railroad Commission
Yazoo and
Gulf Ang Ship Island
Messrs. Green & Green
R. C. Beckett & Son
West Point
Supreme Court
State Revenue Agent
Mississippi Valley Road
State Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Work Motto Guides School's Expansion Plans
The article argues for increased funding for a girls dormitory, more instructors, and farm efficiency at the state school. It notes economical management has served well but warns excess economy could hinder progress and supports establishing an experimental farm station on the existing plant.
Elegant Tennessee patronesses to attend horse show in Atlanta
All preparations are finished for the grand event, touted as the most elegant function in years. The article notes Tennessee's prominent women as patronesses and mentions some will travel to Atlanta for the show.
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Nashville Horse Show
Atlanta
Tennessee
Large iron furnace planned near Lookout Mountain
Chattanooga, Tenn October 5 reports say Alabama Steel and Wire Company representatives bought a tract at Lookout Mountain base just outside the city to build a large iron furnace immediately with prospects of a steel mill later. Joseph E Schwab is involved in the deal. The third district GOP committee announces no candidate against Judge Moon and urges supporters to oppose the Democratic nominee due to election-law concerns. Capitalists from Topeka Kansas have bought 18000 acres of coal lands in Cumberland and Putnam counties for extensive development.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Lookout Mountain
Alabama Steel and Wire Company
Joseph E. Schwab
Charles M
Republican Executive Committee
Third Congressional District
Judge Moon
Repubicans
Topeka
Kans
Cumberland
Putnam Counties
Greenville Cedar Factory Moves to Mobile
Montgomery October 5 Special The cedar factory at Greenville is no more after a decade as the town’s key industry. Built by Richmond investors who created a rail spur to Cedar Creek the plant employed about seven hundred locals. With timber exhausted the factory relocates to Mobile while residents seek a new use for the buildings.
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Greenville
Montgomery
Ala
Richmond
Cedar Creek
Mobile
Brigands Capture Turkish Land Owner Near Vodena
Brigands seized Turkish landowner Stefik Bey at Orizar near Vodena forty miles from Monastir and hold him for a ransom of 315 000.
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Salonica
Stefik Bey
Orizar
Vodena
Monastir
Pronunciation Oddities Traced in Names Across Regions
A Philadelphia Ledger item notes Lord Beaconfield’s father wrote a book on curious literature and a planned history of pronunciation of proper names. It discusses why names like Tallaferro, Beaucham, Q Meagher, Cholamondeley, and Enroughty drift from orthography, with the Darby nickname tied to Cromwell era loyalties and an emigrant’s proud self-designation.
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Phiadelphia Ledger
Lord Beaconfield
Mail and Express
Tallaferro
Tollyer
New York State
Beaucham
O'Marr
Chumley
Virginia
England
Topeka Footpad Stirs City In Hooch and Beer Scene
A Topeka crime note describes a footpad holding up nine men and taking $2.00. The account suggests the Kansas City Star’s view that the city isn’t impoverished, despite rough pockets, and mentions a nearby hoochee-coochee venue where beer is served.
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Brom
Kansas City Star
Topeka
Kansas
Courts to pass on freight rate case in Raleigh
In Raleigh, Judge Purnell will hear an equity suit to enforce an Interstate Commerce Commission order against about fourteen railways discriminating against Wilmington. The case may yield a consent order, though the judge has not indicated knowledge of such. The ICC will be represented by 118 counsel and District Attorney Skinner. railways by multiple attorneys.
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Raleigh
Purnell
United States District Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
Associated Railways
Wilmington
Shotter
Skinner
J. Levis
North Carolina News
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Pullen Memorial
Auditorum
Armory P
State Insurance Department
Relef Department
Atlantic Coast Line
North Carolina
iIinsurance
Young
Grand Lodge of Masons
Meckenburg Lodge
Davidson
Eastern Tobacco District
Greeneville
Wilson
Trinity College
Washington Duke
J. B. Duke
BR. N. Duke
South Atlantic
John C. Kilgo
Robert Suggs
Rtarmer
Irow Hul
Suggs
Amos Owen Cherry Tree Company
Nnrokes Napman Maing Company
Swain County
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Joudd
Lynch Dlegroat
Jou
Alabama
Davant
State College For Negroes
Visiting
Prosseute Cass
Mississippi
Longino
J. A. Plummer
Tippah County
Plummer
James Spencer
Spencer
Lst
Jefferson County
Truly
Cannonsburg
Vicksburg
Jefferson County Grand Jury
Shirley House
Iowa
Ohio
Massachusetts
Winots
Vanity Fair
Roltaire
Palace of Illusions
Hiquimaux Village
Living Pictures
Electric Theatre
Anderton
Walthour
Walthonn
Adies
Weldon
Teg
H. H. Gabaniss
G.A Washington
Mrea
Tom
IRS
Bue
bin Ito
Nashville
Sylacauga
Arkansas
Fort Smith
Gilham
Little Rock
Mammoth Springs
Smithville
Vanndale
Florida
Jacksonville
Naval Stores Company
Lumber Company
Abbeville
Brunswick
Dublin
Franklin
Sttlesboro
Kentucky
Gainesville
Greenup
Patouisville
Middleboro
Louisiama
Burns
Hammond—Bottling Factory
Ice Factory
Merrill
Nesbit
Nola
Aysheville
Aurora
Belhaven
Gastoania
South Carolina
Columbia
Metalle Roil
Bristol
Coal and Iron Company
Chattanoora
Gallatin
Oil, Gas and Mineral Company
Harriman
Memphis
Lavid and Improvement Company
Texas
Austin
Beaumont
Oil and Power Company
Gonroe
Trubhock—Eleectric Company
Medinley
Petersburg
Proctor
Big Stone
Henderson
Newport News
Norfolk—Guana
West Virginia
Alderson
Clarksburg
Parkersburg
Oil Company
Foundry and Machine Company
Enroughty
Oliver Cromwell
Enroughtys J
Darby
Cromwell
Viremia
Charles I
Inter-state Commerce Commission
Paris
Rue Droust
New York
Fougara & Co
Willam St
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Erman
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